Grain-cradle



E. H. SCOTT." Grain-Cradle.

Na. 226,630. I Patented Aprnzo, 1880.

N. galas. omi ITNQGRAPMER.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EMMET E. ISOOTT, OE LA PORTE, INDIANA.

GRAIN-CRADLE.

SPECIFICATION.forming. part of Letters Patent No. 226,630, dated April20, 1880.

Application filed February 20, 1880.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, EMMET H. SCOTT, of La Porte, in the county of LaPorte and State of Indiana, nave invented a new aud useful Improvementin Grain Cradles, which improvement is fully set forth in the followingspecification and accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a view ofthe lower end of the snath, showing the part to whichA the scythe isattached. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the lowerpart ofthe snath andthe lower part of the cradle-head, showing the manner in which thenger-post is attached to the snath. Fig. 3 is a view of the linger-postand holder.

The object of my invention is to furnish a device for adjusting thefinger-post and head of the cradle in any position desired withreference to the snath and scythe.

In the drawings, A is the snath. B is the heel-ring, wit-l1 set-screw orwedge. C is the heel ofthe scythe.

D is a web or plate of metal,made fast to the under side of the snath bythe screw E and the ring F, which tits snugly over the end of the snath.The plate project-s about one and tluee-fourths inch beyond the end ofthe suath.

G is a slot in the projecting part of the web D, aboutthree-fourths ofan inch longand threeeight-hs of an inch wide. There are two re cessesor sockets, H H, hollowed out of the under side of the web, one on eachside of the slot G, in such shape that the finger-post, when placed inposition, can be turned with arotary motion a little more than a quarterof a revolution.

There is a malleable-iron casting, I, about two and one-half incheslong, with a socket at one end, into which the lower end of the iingerpost is litted and made fast with a tack, so

that the casting fits over the end of the fingerpost like a ferrule.tension of the linger-post, and at its outer end there is an elongatedknob, K, about threefourths of au inch long and three-eight-hs of aninch thick, having its ends somewhat rounded to lit into the sockets HH. This knob is connected with thelupper part of the castingI by a shortneck, L, about one-fourth of an inch long.

When the cradle is put together or set up the knob K is inserted in theslot G, onel end entering a little iu advance of the other, and then isturned into the desired position, the ends of the knob littin g into thesockets on the other side of the web D. y

The iinger-post, when so placed, has two motions. It can be turned roundlaterally, thus giving the fingers, which move with it, more or lessthrow, as desired; and it can be tipped forward toward the snath orbackward from it, thus by one movement giving the tingers more or lessgather, as desired.

NVhen the head is adjusted properly, as may be desired, it will be heldsecurely in position by the ordinary post and finger braces and quill orbobbin, and quill or bobbiu wire, in connection with my improvement.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The finger-,post holder I, terminating in the knob or button K, and theweb D, projecting beyond the end of the snath, with the slot G throughit and the sockets H H on its under side, to hold and adjust the head ofthe cradle.

EMMET H. SCOTT.

Witnesses EDGAR D. BARROWS, WM. NILEs.

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